AMD Catalyst™ 15.5 Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver Release Notes

The content of this document is organized into the following sections:​

AMD Product Compatibility

Linux Distributions Supported

System Requirements

System Recommendations

New Features

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Catalyst™ Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series

AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series

AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series

AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series

AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series

AMD Radeon™ R7 250 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

AMD Radeon™ R7 240 Series

AMD All-In-One Desktop Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility ​

Desktop

Mobile

A-Series AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series

A-Series AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series

A-Series AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series

A-Series AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series

AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series

AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series

AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series

Linux Distributions Supported

This version of the AMD Catalyst™ Linux Proprietary Graphics Driver is designed to support the following Linux distributions:

Distributions supported:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.0, 6.5, 6.4

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, 14.04 LTS

SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11 SP3, 12

OpenSuSE 13.1

Distribution specific packages are available for:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.0, 6.5

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, 14.04 LTS

System Requirements

Before attempting to install the AMD Catalyst™ Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver, the following software must be installed:

Xorg/Xserver 7.4 and above (up to 1.16)

Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.17)

glibc version 2.2 or 2.3

POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

NOTE: If a Linux 2.6.11 or newer kernel was built with CONFIG_AGP enabled, the kernel AGP frontend is required to load the fglrx kernel module. To identify whether your kernel with CONFIG_AGP enabled, look for CONFIG_AGP=y in the kernel config file, or if the 'agpgart' module is loaded

System Recommendations

For optimal performance and ease of use, the following are available:

Kernel module build environment

Kernel source code include either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages

The RPM utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install via RPM packages

The following packages must be installed in order for the AMD Catalyst™ Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver to install and work optimally:

gimp-help-en

gimp-help-common

XFree86-Mesa-libGL

libstdc++

libgcc

XFree86-libs

fontconfig

freetype

zlib

gcc

New Features

Support for SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

Resolved Issues

[417630]: Fixes the issue of discrete GPU not being powered off in Power-Saving mode on some PowerXpress AMD GPU + AMD APU platforms